ketojenn
Crowing
Sorry you're dealing with a pita Ralphie. I hatch eggs all the time, and bonus, they are shipped since I'm close to no one. I guess it's my form of gambling. It's just that, gambling.For you that sell hatching eggs, what do you do about people that jump to the assumption if an egg does not develop it was not fertile?
A woman bought dozen turkey eggs. I gave her 14. They were all 4 days or less in age. I just got a text saying only 7 were fertile. I know my Toms. There is no way a hen was not bred. multiple times in the last month.
The weather was not freezing the eggs were brought in daily.
I I only had a few non-starters in my last batch, maybe 7-8, that is the batch I hatched 25, I think I started with 38. I have 6 quitters non-hatchers.
I told her to come get another dozen, she wants to wait until this batch hatches......Geez.... I released all my hens yesterday to free range and make their own nest.
I told her I have the eggs now but may not in 2 weeks...
Also she picked them up on the 16th. Today is the 25th...Way too early to tell for sure...
I think it's great that you're offering to replace, but she needs to be made aware of the gamble. Once they leave your hands you have no control over hatch rates. And no, you cannot tell from cracking a partially incubated egg open if it was ever fertile. I've cracked many. I like to see what happened or didn't happen.
I would LOVE to hatch eggs from your flock if you ever get an extra dozen. I'll be in St. Cloud next month. Close enough right?